Baby carriage



S. J. BENS BABY CARRIAGE Feb. I 8 1927.

Filed Sept. 20. 1924 "2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I lnzzem r 41 Samuel J 6226,

' 5 the rear- 7 Patented Feb. s, 1927.

- UNITED STATES v tries:-

SAMUEL. J'. BENS, or "NEWYOB/K N. Y.- V BABY onrmmsn; 1 Application filed Septeiuber 20,1924. Serial No. 738,880.

This inventionrelates to ababy carriage of Fig, 7 is aside elevation. of the device of the type in which the wheels, upon which the Fig. 1 device is supported are arranged in a tan,- -:Fig., 8 is a side elevation of a modified dem fashion, one at the front and one at form of structure. i i

i Fig.9 is adetail of thesupporting means The. principal object of my invention is shown in Fig. 8. v r the provision. of means whereby a basketor 'Referring now with particularity to the." bassinet or. seat maybe secured to a frame, embodiment illustrated, I have shown a haneither detachably or otherwise, the frame dle orfra'm m berl t Which is applied i having, means attached thereto whereby a a fork element having. a. soclret portion 2 pivoted: support or prop maybe actuated by adapted to receive'theend of the handle l certain movements'of the basket or otherwise "and legs-3 diverging outwardly from. the to support .the deviceinupright position. socket. Zadapted to receive anaxle 4. which Other objects and advantageswflhappear carries a 'wheell5. Asimilararrangemcnt 70 as th d ipti c d H i of parts is provided at the-other end ofthe 2T0 this end my'inventionincludes a han-g, handle 1 sothat' a.-;tandem arrangement of 'dle-like frame terminating at itsflowerpor Wheels existsyone trackingv behind the other tions in wheel fixtures to 'whichfwheels are in the plane ofIthe handle'portionv, applied, one at: the front and. one 7 at the i bassinet. or basket is shownat 6fastened 75 rear, and a basket or bassinet having a rigid or, otherwise, securedltoga. frame which .18

or semirrigid frame attached. to thehandle ,se-parated'fat itsends thus 'forminghsegportion above the wheels, with part ofthe merits/7F and 7". A fixture 8sbr d'gesthe handleabove the wheels extending above gap'betwe 'en' the ends of segments 7 and Y the-bassinet or basket axially thereof. 1 The 7 nd s u d to a d. s g e s/a by 80 J inyentionihlrther i l d a o t; iv t d means of bolts-'9. and 'lO .respec tively.-r A

V to a fixture carried by the handle member ol 11 pe at s h handle: mem r ,1

and .the frame of thebasket orbassinet andthe fixture SandaInut 12'p1acedon the' whereby r tat-ionof the basket or. bassinet end thereof secures the bassinet, to theframe I about its longitudinal axis will cause the in afpivo al manner. It will, be noted that 5 3 support tobe rotated about its pivot; so that the bassinet inits frame is mounted eccentri- Lthe entire devige w ll-be supported on a, base Callyin.th'hMldl'epoItiOn 1,: that is theprewhich;will include two wheels and thesupp nd l' 'nfi flf eigh Of he -Sk t iS tonne portingelement. I V. Side0ftheb01t-1li I V The invention further includes the 'conh -fi 11 e8iSI provided withadepend-eo struction, combination and arrangement of ing finger'portion-l3 extending downwardparts shownin the drawings and: described lybetween theright angular lues 1 of: the 1 hereafter; 7 'supportingjfixture 15. .This latter element.

I have illustrated in the accompanying Consists of a plateldeformed around threev drawings one embodiment-of the invention, Sid s of h hand e elemen T g-s; 14 95 but itis to be understood thatI do notwish re'integral With one'side of thi p taz tobe limited thereto as the example "illus that part ofwtheflplate on thegopposite side tratedis simply given as required by law of the handle 1 is of substantially triangular "to exemplify the principle involved. Shape asshown at: 1.? Both tll p rt- 16 In these drawings:

Fi 1 1- id l vati n f g' mwith aligning apertures which are adapted bodiin nt ofmy invention, I i to receive a bo1t1 8,'which passes through the, Fig.2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1 showhandle member so that this fixtureis see I ing the support collapsed. curedthereto inapivotal manner.

and 17 0f =the supportfixturelare provided 100' i Fig. '3 is an end elevation of the device of groun'd engaging '=supp'orting, rod is 105,

y .Fig. 1 With thesupport in opened out poshown t 19 Whwhhas' a dependingrbent sition. a r V 7 portion 20' adjacenteachwheel which: is v Fig. 4 is a plan View of the skeletonframeadapted to engage the ground: and supportv work. a Y. the entire device. inga manner which will'be fil Z655 aaend'eievaaea showing a ideal the taupe-recast tileu orting re extends agi e-artsy in substant ally parallelism Fig; ,is a detail. 7 a more. fully".describedvhereinaftern ,Be 10nd with the'lowerportion of the handle 1. The

uppermost portion of thesupporting rod passes inside of the offset portion 21 formed Y in a support'fixture 15, wherein it is secured by welding, brazing or otherwise.-

VVithin this ofi'set portion 21 a kink22 or bent out part is provided which will engage the side of the handle 1 and limit the movement of the supporting rod 19 toward the wheel 5." 'Upward movement of the supporting rod 19 about the bolt 18 as its pivot is limited by reason of the fact that the 'ment is'continued until upper extremity of the rod 19 or the top surface ofthe support'fiature will engage the side of the handle when the sup-' port is moved 11:. will now be apparent that pressure upon'the segments 7 of the bassinet frame outwardly from the wheel.

will cause, thror'i'gh the depending finger. l3,

movement ofthe support fixture 15, asthe finger'13 is held between outwardly project-: ed lugs lt on this fixture. -movement causes a partial rotation of the support 19 about its pivot 18 or in a di1'ec-' Therefore,; such fi away from the wheel 5. This move' the ground engagh ing loops 20 of the support 19 are sufiiparallel to the ciently farremoved from the two wheels 5 to providea rigid supportfo'r the vehicle. It will also be noted that by, moving the upper portion ofxthehandle 1 in the same direction as the direction of movement of the ground engaging support 20, while. the 'aboveoperation is being carried out, that the bassinet frame will remain'subsL-antially ground and level throughout this operation.

the'faet, that the bassinet mounted, that is, that the'preponderance of It will also benoted that by'reason of is eccentrically weightis on the same side of the handle as the support,19,-that this weight will .tend to keep tl1e'support19 close up against the wheel, or so that the part 22 will always remain in contact .with the-handle 1. This prevents the support from sticking out from r the wheel andinterfernw with the aro 'ress I p R o I a:

of the vehicle. p 7

It may be found desirable instead of having. the bassinet framesegmental, to inake this integral as is shown at 25. In this case hooks 26"would be secured to the bassinet and a fixture 27 secured to the handle in a other an undercut pivotal manner by means of-bolt 28; It

part of the hook 26 seated therein. Such a construction would make necessary the jockeying 0f thehook into the depression,

therefrom;

so that it would not he accidentally removed pivoted to the fixture 38 adapted to pass v 1. A device of the char By utilizing such a construction as above and providing feet 31 on thebassinet, the entire basket might be lifted from the runn'ing gear and used asa crib fora young child. i i V The bolts 9 and 10 allow the segments 7 "and 7 to be rotated about'these parts as a pivot when it is desired to fold the entire device so that it will occupy a space of minimum thickness, such for instance, when it is desired to place the entire device in: a suit case or trunk. It will also be seen from the nature of the fixture 8 that the base thereof supports the segments 7 and 7 in any. other outward position. v

It will now be apparent that I have provided a device for transportation of young childrenor packages which wil position close to the side of the onecarrying the same, which has but two wheels, so

that a. minimum amount of space is. re

quired, yet which may be readily left in an 1 occupy a upright position without being" supported by the operator byreason of'the pivot support secured to the handle,

which normally occupies theposition against thewheels and out of the way.

As a further modification it may be de enable to provide a seat-like structure be- "tween the. vertical portions of the handle element l,v when a child of three or four desires to use-the device as a sell propelled car. pS'uch a of a seat member 7 Thesehangers are provided. at their structure is shown to :consist 33 supported from hangers 1 uppermost portions .with hooks 35 vwhich" are adapted to seat in the grooves '01 indentations in the pivoted fixture as used with the detachable bassinetf In order tokeep the seat member from'swinging about'the fixture pivot, I may provide elongated'hooks as at 37, and having their bent ends through apertures 39-in the handle 1, so that rotationof the fixture about its pivot will be prevented.

Not only may this device then be used by grasping the handle bars l0, the parent or adult with the child and placed in the hands of thesupervising adult. 7

I claim:

'acter" described, ineluding a basket 01- seat adapted to receive a small child, a frame for said basket or seat,

In this way propulsion and f a child for propelling itself by sitting on grasp the handle 1 ab'ove'the I a handle for the device, said frame being pivoted to said handle, wheels adapted to track one behind the'other and secured to the handle, and a'pivoteol support for the device adapted tobe moved outwardly away from the Wheels so that the device is sup- 7 ported by the wheels and the ground eniii gaging element.

2. A device of the character described including a basket having a frame, a handle,

tandem wheelsarranged in the plane ofthe handle, said basket frame being mounted for pivotal movement, a pivoted ground en-i gaging element, 1 and means for pausing movement of the ground engaging element 7 about its pivot by movement of the basket frame.

3. A device'of the character described including a basket having a frame, a handle therefor, wheels for the device arranged in the plane of'the handle, said basket being pivoted to the handle out of the longitudi-- nal axis of the basket, a ground engaging element secu'redin a fixture and pivoted to the handle, and means carried by the basket 1 frame, engaging the ground engaging fixture for causing pivoted ,movement of the ground engaging support,

4, A device of the character described including a basket, a frame therefor, a handle for the device, tandem wheels arranged in the plane of the handle, said basket frame being segmental, a fixture joining the separated ends of the basket frame in a pivotal manner, said fixture being secured pivotally to said handle, aground engaging support carried by a fixture, also mounted pivotally on said handle, and means on the basket frame fixture for engaging the ground. en-

gaging fixture so that movement of one seg-' ment of thebasket frame will cause movement of the ground engaging element away from the wheel. a

y pivotally hung 5. A device of the character described, including a handle, a body supporting element pivotally hung from' said handle, and a wheel carried by each end of said handle,-

ing a ground engaging support pivoted to the handle at each end of the body support ing element normally occupying a position out of contact with the ground, and adjacent "said wheels, pivotal movement of said body supporting element moving said support away from said wheels.

7 A device of the character described,'in-

eluding a handle, a body supporting element between the ends of said handle, a fixture pivotally connecting one end of said body supporting element and said handle, a definger onsaid'fixture, a support 3 pending pivoted to said handle, said fingerengaging f I. said support.

8. A device of the character described, in-

'cluding a handle, a body supporting element pivotally hung from, said handle, a wheel carried by each end of saidv handle adapted to track one behind theother, and a means cooperating with said wheels to support the device in upright position, comprising a ground engaging support plvoted t0 the handle at each endof the body supporting element normally occupying a position out of contact with the ground, and adjacent said Wheels. i v

9. A device of the character des'cribed,in-. v

eluding a handle, a body supporting element pivoted thereto, wheels carried by said handle a ground engaging element pivoted to Y said handle and means for causing move ment of sald ground engaging element about its pivot by movement of the body support ing element aboutits pivot.

10. A device of the character described ineluding a substantially semi-circular rigid handle having downwardly extending pora tions. a Wheel carried at each end thereof,

an elliptical frame pivoted to and carried bet-ween the downwardly extending portions of'said handle, said framecarrying a body supporting bassinet, said frame and bassinet being above said wheels, a ground engaging element pivoted to said handle, and means in saidframe engaging the ground supporting element holding the latter in inoperative position. 7 p

11. A device of the character described,

including a substantially semi-circular rigid handle having a wheel at each end thereof,

,a bodysupporting elementpivoted' to said handle, a ground engaging elementpivoted to said handle and means on sald bodv su 1 porting element engaging said ground engaging element holding the latter in inoperative position. V

12. A device ofthe character described,

including a substantially rigid handle, a

wheel at each end thereof and adapted to track one behind the other, a body supporting element pivotally carried by said handle, a ground engaging element pivoted to said handle, the body supporting element being out of center on said handle, the preponderance of weight thereof being on the same side of the handle as theground engaging element, and means on said body supporting element engaging the ground engaging ele' ment and moving thesame.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

SAMUEL: J. ,BENS, 

